To:G. I. BLAGONRAVOV AND V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH

Written:Written on December 8 (21), 1817Published:First published in part in 1960 inVoprosy Istorii KPSSNo. 6.

      Published in full in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 50.

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      Moscow,Volume 44,

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8. XII. 1917

ComradesBlagonravov and Bonch-Bruyevich

Thearrests which have to be carried out on the orders
of Comrade Peters are ofexceptionallygreat importance
and must be executed with great
energy.[1]Specialmeasures
must be taken to prevent destruction of papers, flight,
concealment of documents, etc.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

[1]Thisrefers to the arrest of counter-revolutionaries.—Ed.